FDA Approval for Technetium Tc 99m Tilmanocept Expanded to Include Pediatric Patients

Source: cancer network, June 2021

The radiopharmaceutical diagnostic agent technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept (Lymphoseek) was granted approval by the FDA for the identification of lymph nodes in pediatric patients with melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), and other solid tumors, according to the company responsible for the agent, Cardinal Health.

The agent now allows for clinicians to accurately enhance lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy in adult and pediatric patients 1 month or older with melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), and other solid tumors.

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